I couldn't even possibly remember. I used to kind of keep track, but stopped. I've seen 100's of artists or bands. I have tickets to four shows as we speak (Loretta Lynn for my mom, Rick Springfield, Goo Goo Dolls, and Five for Fighting). I hope Loretta plays. She recently had a stroke but so far that show is not cancelled and she's been adding new ones. God speed to her.

I've thought about sitting down and trying to figure out the bands I've seen and times. Would take some research. Like, how do I know how many times I've seen Loudness open for someone, or how many times I've seen Springfield (I think this is my tenth trip). Would be a great list - I know that.

Journey is the only other band I have seen 10 times. 7 with Perry, 2 with Augeri, and 1 with Arnel. 5 of those Perry shows were on the ROR tour. And then 82 and 83. Saw Steve solo twice.

Edit: Check this out, I love google, here is a story about my first real rock concert, I had seen the Osmond Brothers 3 times thanks to my older sister and parents, then my older sister got older and started driving and bless her heart she and my cousin Robin took me with them for this day in the big city. Talk about a learning experience...

My sister was a big Osmond fan too and they were my first concert. I was maybe 11 or something. Went to a couple tapings of the D&M show. Talented family, to say the least.

I guess I would have been 12 at this show but had already sen them twice before, once in Greensboro, NC which was a whole Teen Magazine meltdown by my sister while on vacation. They Osmonds made me like music from an early age so for that I'm grateful, My mom was a radio sales person and she got a copy of every album of the day. I (Moms closet in the kitchen) literally had every album from the Beatles, Beach Boys, Stones, Grass Roots, Jose Jimenez lol, Glen Campbell, Herb Albert, Osmond's Live, Bobby Sherman, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Monkees, Buck Owens and the Buckeroos, B J Thomas, Charlie Pride and the great Jerry Reed.

At the right time, I added some Alice and Ozzy and life started to come into focus.

verslibre wrote:You saw Starz, dude?! I take it that was *after* the 70s, right?

Pretty sure it was right around the 76 vid I linked. Also pretty sure it was Starz (Cherry Baby), Ted Nugent, Bob Seger at Hara Arena in Dayton.

I remember at the end of the Starz set the singer jacked off a bottle of Champagne and popped the cork, don't ask why I remember this, you would think after 40 years I'd forget, but no, its still there.

Ok. I made an attempt. I had a list that I had kept current until about 1993 or so. There's no way I captured all the bands since then, but it's a pretty good start. Outside of that Osmonds thing, I didn't start seeing shows until the summer of 82 and those first few years were lean, so I missed out on a lot. Beyond this list, there are countless other openers, local bands, and friends' bands I could not possibly remember. And even full events that I can't remember. I remember being there and going with my wife and friends, but can't recall who we were seeing. Sucks to get old. I saw Huey Lewis not long ago and swore it was the first time I'd seen him. Looking at the list, he was already on there and a night at Universal Studios in the 80's came rushing back to memory. I should have kept a journal. My current tickets are on this list, though I kept Loretta Lynn of as sadly I think she will cancel her show next month.

This forced me to look through some old photos and it was really nice. Pictures of Me and Lora, Cyndi, and Deeno at Melissa Etheridge. Us at the Jeff Scott Soto show as well. Other friends and family. Cool task. Anyway, here's the list thus far.

Archetype wrote:And the number of times you've seen them if more than once.

Device

DEVICE?! How did Holly Knight look?

Device was David Draiman's (frontman of Disturbed) project from 2012-2014 while Disturbed was on hiatus.

Thanks for clarifying. Device was also an early 80s act featuring songwriter Holly Knight.

She's written songs like: Hide your Heart(Ace Frehley, Kiss), Love is a Battlefield, Invincible(Pat Benatar), Rag Doll(Aerosmith), Just Between You & Me(Lou Gramm), Better Be Good to Me, The Best(Tina Turner), The Warrior (Scandal)

S2M wrote:Device was also an early 80s act featuring songwriter Holly Knight.

Most people haven't heard of them because they had one album.

Your answer is fallacious. Have most people heard of:

Derek & The Dominos?Sex Pistols?Blind Faith?Jeff Buckley?

Each one was a one-album wonder.

What a weak-ass argument. (And I wasn't bagging on the band, either!)

When's the last time you heard a Device song on the radio? Since never? And those others? They play D&TD/BF daily, and there's a good chance you'll hear some Pistols and Buckley, depending on the station.

I can walk up to 20 different people at the store and ask them if they've heard of Saga. I bet they'll say no. Saga has no fewer than 21 studio albums, not counting live albums and collections.

I know it's a weak-ass argument. It's called Socratic Method...I was mirroring your weak-ass argument. The reason not many people heard of the 1980s version of Device isn't because they only released one album - because I've already proved there are other bands that are well-known from only having had one album, rather it's due to them not really being famous.

S2M wrote:I know it's a weak-ass argument. It's called Socratic Method...I was mirroring your weak-ass argument. The reason not many people heard of the 1980s version of Device isn't because they only released one album - because I've already proved there are other bands that are well-known from only having had one album, rather it's due to them not really being famous.

You're such a whiner.

Most people have never heard of Device because they had only one album and they're a forgotten '80s relic.